If you are arrested for a violent crime in North Carolina that you did not commit, what are the chances you will be convicted anyway? A new study funded by the federal government and conducted by university researchers has identified 10 factors that wrongful convictions have in common. The researchers hope that the results will Continue Reading Where There’s Smoke: Can We Predict Wrongful Convictions?

Police have charged three teens in the killing of a 35-year-old man whose vehicle they were purportedly carjacking. The North Carolina teenagers all face charges of murder. Detained were a 12-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl, both residents of Raleigh, and a 16-year-old boy from Durham. During the incident, the 12-year-old shot herself accidentally, according Continue Reading Three Teenagers Accused of Involvement in Carjacking Murder